Problem-Solving Jobs in the West Midlands

Problem Solving
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 9 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem-Solving 1,159 1,030 909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.71% 16.11% 12.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.96% 16.64% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 762 385 539
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,720 £27,445
25th Percentile £29,563 £36,750 £33,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +3.45%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,553 £70,000 £72,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +6.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,112 6,191 6,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.83% 96.81% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,561 3,202 4,727
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Problem-Solving in the West Midlands

Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +5 341 £45,000 -14.29% 137
Warwickshire +3 209 £50,000 -5.66% 60
Staffordshire +4 130 £35,000 -12.50% 92
Worcestershire +5 81 £30,000 -29.41% 38
Shropshire +9 62 £42,786 -8.97% 30
Coventry +36 51 £45,286 -17.66% 48
Solihull +5 37 £50,000 +19.76% 12
Wolverhampton +34 36 £25,500 -26.62% 21
Sutton Coldfield - 13 £45,000 - 4
Herefordshire +2 12 £27,500 -35.29% 9
Dudley - 12 £25,000 - 7
Tipton - 11 £25,000 - 5
Walsall +5 6 £34,409 - 4
Wednesbury +3 4 - - 2
Rowley Regis 0 4 - -
Brierley Hill -5 4 - - 1
Halesowen -10 4 - - 5
West Bromwich - 4 - - 4
Willenhall - 4 - - 2
Smethwick - 4 - -
Bilston - 4 - -
Problem-Solving
England

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 77 (6.64%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.28%) IIS
3 37 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.73%) WordPress
5 9 (0.78%) Confluence
6 4 (0.35%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.26%) IBM Notes
7 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.17%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.17%) Captiva
8 2 (0.17%) Documentum
8 2 (0.17%) MTS
9 1 (0.086%) Apache
9 1 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.086%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 238 (20.53%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.78%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.52%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.35%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.35%) Trello
8 3 (0.26%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.26%) InDesign
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.26%) Revit
8 3 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.17%) Simulink
10 1 (0.086%) Maya
Business Applications
1 20 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.60%) Shopify
4 5 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.35%) Magento
5 4 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.17%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.086%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.086%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.086%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.086%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.086%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 183 (15.79%) Azure
2 157 (13.55%) Microsoft 365
3 104 (8.97%) Power Platform
4 73 (6.30%) AWS
5 51 (4.40%) Entra ID
6 41 (3.54%) SaaS
7 35 (3.02%) GCP
8 24 (2.07%) PowerApps
9 23 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
12 19 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.55%) GitHub
14 14 (1.21%) OneDrive
15 11 (0.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (0.95%) Matillion
15 11 (0.95%) Snowflake
16 10 (0.86%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.78%) Google Analytics
17 9 (0.78%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 89 (7.68%) WAN
2 78 (6.73%) Firewall
3 49 (4.23%) LAN
4 29 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.42%) DNS
5 28 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
6 27 (2.33%) DHCP
7 17 (1.47%) Intranet
8 15 (1.29%) VPN
9 14 (1.21%) Wireless
10 12 (1.04%) PBX
10 12 (1.04%) SD-WAN
10 12 (1.04%) VLAN
11 11 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
11 11 (0.95%) VoIP
12 10 (0.86%) Ethernet
12 10 (0.86%) Fibre Channel
12 10 (0.86%) iSCSI
13 9 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (0.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (8.37%) Power BI
2 96 (8.28%) SQL Server
3 41 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.16%) Looker
5 24 (2.07%) MySQL
6 21 (1.81%) NoSQL
7 20 (1.73%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (1.47%) Tableau
9 15 (1.29%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 12 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.86%) Star Schema
12 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.60%) Metadata
13 7 (0.60%) Power Query
13 7 (0.60%) Redis
14 6 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 44 (3.80%) JIRA
2 34 (2.93%) Git
3 12 (1.04%) GitLab
4 11 (0.95%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.60%) CANoe
5 7 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (0.60%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.43%) ESLint
7 5 (0.43%) Postman
8 4 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.26%) Toad
10 2 (0.17%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.17%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.17%) gulp
10 2 (0.17%) Snyk
10 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.086%) Jenkins
General
1 661 (57.03%) Social Skills
2 437 (37.70%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (16.22%) Finance
4 158 (13.63%) Organisational Skills
5 130 (11.22%) Influencing Skills
6 94 (8.11%) Retail
7 86 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 81 (6.99%) Manufacturing
9 55 (4.75%) Public Sector
10 47 (4.06%) Marketing
11 37 (3.19%) Automotive
12 28 (2.42%) Local Government
13 25 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (2.07%) Legal
15 23 (1.98%) Law
15 23 (1.98%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.21%) Electronics
18 12 (1.04%) Back Office
19 10 (0.86%) French Language
Job Titles
1 278 (23.99%) Analyst
2 120 (10.35%) Product Analyst
3 116 (10.01%) Sales Analyst
4 111 (9.58%) Senior
5 110 (9.49%) Developer
6 60 (5.18%) Lead
7 59 (5.09%) Consultant
8 53 (4.57%) IT Manager
9 49 (4.23%) IT Support
10 46 (3.97%) Project Manager
10 46 (3.97%) Support Engineer
11 38 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
12 36 (3.11%) Software Engineer
13 30 (2.59%) Administrator
13 30 (2.59%) IT Engineer
13 30 (2.59%) Software Developer
14 29 (2.50%) Data Engineer
15 28 (2.42%) IT Technician
16 25 (2.16%) Data Scientist
17 23 (1.98%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.18%) .NET
2 48 (4.14%) HTML
3 41 (3.54%) CSS
4 26 (2.24%) REST
5 22 (1.90%) AngularJS
6 18 (1.55%) React
6 18 (1.55%) WebRTC
7 15 (1.29%) .NET Core
7 15 (1.29%) ASP.NET
7 15 (1.29%) Yocto
8 14 (1.21%) XML
9 13 (1.12%) Node.js
10 10 (0.86%) RESTful
10 10 (0.86%) Vue
11 9 (0.78%) HTML5
11 9 (0.78%) Kafka
11 9 (0.78%) Laravel
12 8 (0.69%) jQuery
13 7 (0.60%) TensorFlow
14 6 (0.52%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.02%) Self-Motivation
2 64 (5.52%) Driving Licence
3 40 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.02%) Algorithms
5 34 (2.93%) Clustering
6 30 (2.59%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 27 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.73%) Replication
9 17 (1.47%) IoT
9 17 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 16 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.38%) NHS
10 16 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.21%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.12%) Wiki
13 12 (1.04%) Smartcard
14 11 (0.95%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 159 (13.72%) Windows
2 66 (5.69%) Windows 10
3 62 (5.35%) Windows Server
4 48 (4.14%) Linux
5 29 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (2.16%) Windows 7
7 14 (1.21%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (1.12%) Windows 8
9 10 (0.86%) Android
9 10 (0.86%) VMS
10 5 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.43%) Unix
10 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.35%) CentOS
11 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (19.84%) Customer Service
2 228 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 187 (16.13%) Agile
4 184 (15.88%) Mathematics
5 136 (11.73%) Computer Science
6 135 (11.65%) Project Management
7 133 (11.48%) Customer Requirements
8 124 (10.70%) Mentoring
9 111 (9.58%) Business Intelligence
10 110 (9.49%) Cybersecurity
11 92 (7.94%) ITIL
12 91 (7.85%) Decision-Making
13 88 (7.59%) Data Analysis
14 85 (7.33%) Analytics
15 81 (6.99%) User Experience
16 76 (6.56%) Software Engineering
17 68 (5.87%) CRM
18 61 (5.26%) ERP
19 60 (5.18%) Data Science
20 59 (5.09%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 200 (17.26%) SQL
2 66 (5.69%) JavaScript
3 61 (5.26%) Python
4 60 (5.18%) C#
5 45 (3.88%) Java
6 28 (2.42%) PowerShell
7 26 (2.24%) C
8 25 (2.16%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.90%) C++
9 22 (1.90%) PHP
10 11 (0.95%) Perl
10 11 (0.95%) RPG
10 11 (0.95%) RPG IV
10 11 (0.95%) RPG/400
11 8 (0.69%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.60%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.52%) VB
14 4 (0.35%) Bash
15 3 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 405 (34.94%) Degree
2 84 (7.25%) Security Cleared
3 69 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (2.76%) SC Cleared
5 31 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (2.50%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.55%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.12%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.04%) HNC
10 10 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.86%) MCSE
11 9 (0.78%) PhD
12 8 (0.69%) CCNA
12 8 (0.69%) HND
12 8 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.69%) PMP
12 8 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (4.57%) GDPR
3 50 (4.31%) QA
4 39 (3.36%) Data Quality
4 39 (3.36%) ISO 9001
4 39 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 33 (2.85%) SLA
7 21 (1.81%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.78%) ISO 26262
9 7 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.35%) GAAP
10 4 (0.35%) IFRS
10 4 (0.35%) MISRA
10 4 (0.35%) PMO
11 3 (0.26%) NIST
11 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.17%) COSHH
12 2 (0.17%) GRC
12 2 (0.17%) MISRA C
System Software
1 98 (8.46%) Active Directory
2 65 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (3.36%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.98%) VMware NSX
5 21 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.78%) Docker
7 8 (0.69%) vSphere
8 6 (0.52%) NFS
9 5 (0.43%) Firmware
9 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.35%) pfSense
10 4 (0.35%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 35 (3.02%) EnCase
2 33 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (2.07%) SCCM
4 12 (1.04%) Kubernetes
5 11 (0.95%) Terraform
6 5 (0.43%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.43%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.35%) AirWatch
7 4 (0.35%) Autotask
7 4 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.17%) Grafana
9 2 (0.17%) Kibana
10 1 (0.086%) Icinga
10 1 (0.086%) Nessus
10 1 (0.086%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.086%) SCOM
10 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 335 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 95 (8.20%) VMware
3 45 (3.88%) Google
4 32 (2.76%) Cisco
5 28 (2.42%) SAP
6 25 (2.16%) Veeam
7 19 (1.64%) Sophos
8 18 (1.55%) IBM
8 18 (1.55%) Sage
9 17 (1.47%) CheckPoint
9 17 (1.47%) Salesforce
10 15 (1.29%) HP
11 12 (1.04%) Juniper
11 12 (1.04%) Meraki
12 11 (0.95%) Oracle
12 11 (0.95%) ServiceNow
13 10 (0.86%) Adobe
14 9 (0.78%) Dell
14 9 (0.78%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.78%) Xero